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Early Sunday morning these two
word* were flashed across the wires,
and Athens received a shock that
the had never before experienced.
The tidings were as unexpected as
theV fere startling, and not a per-
^ in our midst but feh that a great
public calamity had overtaken their
country - For years the people had
grown' accustomed to reading of
Mr Stephens being indisposed, but
she probability of his death occurred
:o but few. They felt that the old
nun was endowed .With * super
natural tenacity on fife, and that he
would survive for suayfart to
come But when these sad tidings
were conveyed over the country on
wings of electricity this great
American nation, from the Atlantic
MURDER IX MAWSGS.-
•snuaShos sal HM tgr s HSps Boy ia‘
NO. XL
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH13.1883.
STEPHENS DEAD
About six o’clock last night it was
discovered that Mr. Stephens was “the president of the senate acting
-:_u: ‘ " ' ~ as governor.” The Hon. James S.
Boynton is the president of the sen
ate and will therefore take charge
The law provides that upon the
death o£, or the .resignation of, the
governor, the president of the sen
ate shall taheflfa*** (SnflKt and
shall assume execatire functions as
COTTON SEED OIL MILLS. *AN IMPALED SPARROW.
i is sworn in.
sinking very rapidly, and after con
sultation Dr. Raines, Dr. Steiner
and Dr. Miller announced that his
death was simply a matter of a few
, hours. He was still unconscious i — — ——— — ——— — — . , , — ,.
•he Pacific and from the lakes to j and lingered along without anv ap- I lieve that he has not been notified j tne seed t “ rn _ mto mea * ‘ or stock
•ae gulf felt that they met an irre- j parent suffering until when, 'with of the grievous death. At about io tood and fertilizers The .mnres.
•Urable loss. In their united grief! *careely a quiver, he yielded up the ! o’clock last night. Secretaiy Barnett
s Statesman and natriot .11 that he had maintained so long 1 ^ent his son to the mansion to in-
th* statesman and patriot, all ianJ ^ bravcly . and inst suc h i quire as to Mi. Stephens’ condition.
ines were for the time ob- ! fearful odds, and his soul winged its ’ I* ** the duty of the secretary ot
way to the judgment bar of God. j state to notin’ the president of the
the first news of the esd. senate of the governor’s death and
Late yesterday it became known j «dl him to the capitol. Mr. Sei
certain circles of Atlanta that
GENERAL.NEWS.
Black leg has attacked the
tie In some sections of Tens. "*
There is one liquor saloon for ev
ery thirty males in New York city.
A Paducah. Ky, hunter, 'tis re-
„ ported, has killed 9,160 rabbits this
of the 'state's t *p resen t as «wn'js £e giving the seed to have the cotton The Doctor's intimate knowledge winter.
There is reason to be- j S i “ ned - or giving the oil to have
Every neighborhood of cotton
While Dr. J. T. Metcalfe was oat
on one of his hunts in the' country
planters could have its own cotton ' the other day he came across a
gin and cotton seed oil mill, and i a sparrow which had been decapi-
thus save all losses now incurred bv I fated and transfixed on a thorn.
.ectiona
tc’Jted, all party questions forgot
ten. and as one people we meet at
the national altar to mourn the death
. one who had devoted his long
and useful life to promote the peace,
tunpine'S and prosperity of his
e entrv. Thi- land has never
•mown but one Stephens, and it
will never look upon his like again.
This grand old man ever stood as a
missionary df peace and reconcilia-
t t: between the conflicting politi-
factions, and his influence was
always exerted to promote recon-
c ;; ation Partisans have often ac
cused him of unpatriotic counsel,
tat time always vindictedhis every
», ,-J and act. We do not believe a
m.in ever lived whose death will be
co universally mourned. Not only
among his own people, but through
out the civilized world, this grand
Ad ‘tateeman and patriot was
known and honored. No man ev er
i veil his country or his people
dearer, and no nation ever looked
wr.h Mich admiring confidence to a
leader His words ol counsel Were
often criticised—sometimes severe-
h—but the people invariably ac
cepted the same, and Mr. Stephens
was ever found to be right. Future
historians may critically review his
l„n£ public life, and they will find a
link of conservative consistency
u t.tig his every word and deed.
A: the close of the late war, when
t-.e human passions were at their
he ght and prejudice held high car-
m.-b in our national government,
t icn the bitterest enemies of the
South would give a respectful
bearing when Alexander H. Stc-
pfce.ts appeared and appealed to
tti.—.t for the rights of his people
He has ever acted as a balance wheel
between the North and South, and
won the respect and admiration of
all by having the manhood to pro
claim aloud the rights of his sec
tion. while at the same time accord
ing to its enemies the justice that
\» as due them.
>uch is Mr. Stephens' public^fe.
In his private walk the beauties of
Governor Stephens's life had been
dispaired cf and that he would
probably die during the night. The
mansion was filled from that time
torward with anxious inquirers as to
his condition, but the extremity of
his case was not generally known
and the news of his death which
we print this morning will be read
with surprise by thousands who had
counted on his wonderful vitalitv to
pull him through this last dread
struggle.
THE scenes at the mansion.
The representative of The Con-
stitution reached the executive man
sion at about to o’clock. The house
was perfectly still, and he entered ! once more,
without ringing. I how a new
food and fertilizers. The impres
sion prevails among fanners, we be
lieve, that the machinery is too cost
ly and the oil mill business too in
tricate and difficult for unskilled
hands to manage, and
HENCE LITTLE OR NO EFFORT
is made by neighborhoods to be
dell replied to voung Mr. Barnett: “me independent in this respect.
“Say to your father that Mr. Ste- ! The following extract from corres-
phens is dying. It is probable that j . e ? cc °^J* * V' aTewe ^ ^
he will not live till morning. If he j ot IGchmond, \ a., in the Charles-
thtnks best he can telegraph MrJ i l ^ a News and Courier, will cotTect
Boynton the state of affairs. We the errors prevailing on the subject:
should not send him anv informa- _Afl oil mill, suitable tor a public
tion until morning.” * j S* n house, would consist ot one
It is not known whether or not ; heavy hydraulic press (or two of
Mr. Barnett advised Mr. Boynton j fh® 111 - according as you would de-
of Mr. Stephens death last night. sire> to wordi U P two tons of seed
If he did Mr. Bovnton may be j P cr da . v of twelve hours each,
fot
worn in this morning by Judge | tons), the force pump neces-
Stcwart at his tume in Griffin. If I sar ? torun the presses, one huller.
of the habits of the genus avis led
him at once to understand the cause
of so novel a sight. It seems that
this sparrow had fallen a victim to
a raspicious bird, know n as the
“Butcher Bird." which strike it prey
with its beak, kills it, pulls off its
head and impales it on a thorn or
twig for greater convenience in
pulling it to pieces. Dr. Metcalfe,
although an industrous huntsman,
and familiar with all kinds of birds,
says he never before had actual evi
dence of habits of the Butcher Bird
or shrike, of which they are more
than fifty varieties. The sight was
trulr a rare and curious one.
Two or three days ago an indi
vidual with a voice like the grating
of a file; and a gift of gab which
took the cake, halted a policeman
on Michigan avenue and wanted
help to find his wife, who had run
not. he will probably reach Atlanta ; ° n « CT ?^. * he ***} j awiv from him in Ohio, taking the
- L — - • - * ' - • ' 1 mto meal atter being hulled, instead : , fc - .l :1j *Li
meal in after it is crushed.
The seed are put through
"The governor is dving!’’ I ordered. j hullcr - which has
This was themessage thatgreeted j The law provides that after the * separating attachment
all comers. In the parlor fronting t death of the Governor, the presi- j to , an kernel, then the meal
r . 0 ! -1 * t_-- ud » . . - . . ! or kernel is, nut fhr*»»i«yn th.» mu|j. j
this afternoon and be sworn in by j j three children, and was sudposed to
C hiet Justice Jackson. The State ot »nndin„ lt (as burrs would grain), j ^ • Detroit As luck w ould have
w ill then have J an executive he ,d | one jacketed steamer to cook the I ^t^man wllked along on ^
, I opposite side of the street as the
election shall be 1 . , a f c r’ ut ulruu » n * e I nien stood talking, and the husband 1
no sooner caught sight of her than I
he dashed through the slush and j ..
. ... — « | „ 1 1 • . , v . ~ ~, halted her with the exclamation:
the quiet group was the Stephens d ent ot the Senate acting as Gov- j or kernel is put through the crush- ; •• Traitoress. I have found vou at
historic chair—empty—and strange j ernor. shall order an election for ; roii ' a ? d 1 , n ‘ nt “ thc steamer, j last . Qj ve me one sassv wor ‘j an j
• ■ - ... Governor, to fill out the unexpired I themeal is cooked at times, varv-
as it mav sound, desolate looking.: — -— —- . . - 1 1 11
So long had ne lived in it—so inti- | term. This elect.on shall be °r- j ‘ roin 20 to^ 30 minutes, w ith tire ; i;f e ;
I’ll send vou to State Prison for
A pure white deer was killed re
cently by Meek Lillv at Cainstoe,
*N. Y.
Ex-Treasurer Polk, of Tennessee,
has been set at liberty on a bond of
$ ;:o.ooa.
Ten of the twenty-four Aider-
men in New York city sell liquor
by the glass. a
Typhoid fever has appeared in
the recently inundated districts of
the Ohio valley.
A Paducah, I1L, lady, in cutting
open a large head of cabbage, found
a snake wintering therein.
CapL Stokes, a Tennessee fisher
man, was fatally poisoned by the
bites of buffalo gnats.
A stingaree weighing over 300
pounds was recently taken in the
river near St. Augustine. —
A party of ranchmen raided an
Indian camp west of Chihuahua,
Mexico, and killed and scalped 12
of the aborigines.
E. \V. Wall, of Niobrara, ate 103
eggs on a wager at one sitting,
drinking whisky between each
dozen. His competitor ate 95.
A rattlesnake in Sweetwater
Valley, Cal., six feet long and twelve
inches in girth, with twenty-two
rattles, was stung to death by a
swarm of bees.
mately had its life been
with his—so completely had it puls
ed and throbbed and quivered un
der the touch of his gentle fingers;
and so faithfully had it responded to
his slightest impulse, and interpret
ed his innermost and unuttered
thoughts—that it seemed to he part
of him as it sat there so still and
silent.
Drs. Miller and Steiner remained
at Mr. Stephens's bedside almost
constantly. In the bedroom were
only the physicians and the relatives
interwoven I dered in “not less than 30 nor more ! ^am * n the steamer at a pressure
had it puls- than 60 days" from the death of the | ^ to 3° pounds. _ The meal is
Governor. At the same time the \ th en P ut into bags ot somewhat un-
president of the Senate acting as | usua l shape, th.s in turn is pet into
Governor shall call the Legislature 1 a "mat or “book to confine the
together in special session. This ‘ ! ucal an d keep it from bursting the
In China the law obliges physi-
s —ssion. . .
session shall be held in not more ®ags when under pressure; the
than 15 days after the election of " hole is then put under the hy-
the Governor’s successor, and shall 1 dra ulic press and given a neavy
be held for the specific purpose of P re * sur v- ^yhe oil then^ appears—-
receiving and
cast at that
the result—or if no election has
heen made by the people to elect a
riage licenser"
of the governor. No one w*as j governor in joint session. Having
denied admission, and many friends ' performed this specific duty the
pr sed in the door for a moment. ! Legislature will adjourn and the
He was in the last room on the i Governor-elect w ill serve out the
left of the lower hall. The bed w as j unexpired term,
iii the further corner of the room, interview with governor boyn-
, - , .. -p, . . -- , ..1 "See here, SmilevJohnson." said
id counting the votes j <- rude ° ,L The meal atter the oil ] the woman as she i^ned up against
election and declaring ,s expressed, is in the term uLa caEe , a bill-board. "who paid for o
■ ami is cotton seed cake. This is
all there is in it.
In a ton of seed there is about 36
gallons of oil, somewhat less in the
spring when seed have dried out
considerably. About i.too pounds!
of meal to ’he ton is usually obtain
ed. including the oil or before pre-s
ing. The balance, say yoo pounds,
is hull.
Both the meal and the hulls are
A MAGNIFICENT FERTILIZER,
as the oil is detrimental to the ex
tent that it prevents whole seed
from rotting for »o long, and the
meal has more than twice the bodv
of corn for feed after the oil i» taken
from it.
Crude oil is worth at the mill from
She didn’t seem greatlv paralvzed [ c:ans to suspend before their house*
by the meeting. On the contrary, a number of lanterns equal to the
she waited until the officer came up, ! number ot patients they have lost
and then coolv asked: i during the preceding 12 months.
“\\ ere you looking for me?” j There was recently, near Barton
“ Well, your husband says you ran Mountain, Vermont, a shower of
awav from home.” dry leaves lasting all dav. They fell
“Taking all my money and my from a clear sky and from a great
dear children!" added the husband, height. They had probably been
caught up in a whirlwind.
Mr. McAdair. a hotel keeper of
Greenesboro. N. C.. wanted to or
der a plate of glass 22x32 inches.
and the governor was lying on the
front part of the bed.
He was very much emaciated,
and his pallor was intense. He
seemed to be in no pain w hatever,
but breathed heavily with apparent
jjflbrt. His eyes were half closed,
and wore a strained expression.
His left hand was resting on his
breast, and his right hand lost be
neath the cover. - M L
A talk with dr. steiner. j lack son will administer the oath. • 45 cents to 4 s cents per galloiL with
Dr. Steiner who left Mr. Stephens ’The otherjudges willbe present j a constant upward tendency. ^ j along all mine?**
for a few minutes, about ten o’clock. • also." u u ses are . fo ““ d tor u the ol! ! - Probable it was."
said to The Constitution in response j "" hen will you call the legisla- and the producers sell it to the re- -Well then, where’s vour case?”
to an inquiry. ! ture?” j fn«nes. a number ot which are in1 j ..j can - t >ee it .“ adde d' t he officer.
“Mr. Stephens is sinking very: “That is not settled yet. but 1 pre-•‘-"“ ntr > ano arc glad to buy of. -Hanner.” replied the man, as he
ton.
"When will you order an elec
tion?” asked a Constitution reporter
of Governor Boynton.’
“That will be determined w hen I
, confer w ith my friends in Atlanta
■ to-morrow."
“When will you take the oath of
office?"
I “To-morrow morning between
nine and ten o'clock. Chief Justice
’ “ V Y C, V yon—vou happened to j but throuJ , h mistake he wrote It
pay tor it. f eet .
It was duly shipped as also a
"\\h» bought your wedding biU tor $ He wUl to
clothes.- • toke iL
“You did. but I was* to pav vou . 0 , . • «
j j. •• r - - A Salisbury, N. 1colored girl,
‘ “Have you earned a dollar since j who had heen jilted by her lover,
we were married?" she continued. 1
killed a snake, ground it up and
made a cake of it. which she gave
her lover to eat. The snake eggs
in his stomach hatched, and in a
severe fit of coughing a few davs
YOL XXIX.
TfeLBQRApHfC SPARKS.
. Bill Arp i» proposed for Governor.
Texas has unearthed big swindles
in her school land laws.
CoL David Coleman, a prominent
lawyer of Ashville, N. C., is dead.
Carver and Bogardos will shoot
a third match in St. Louis on Fri-
day. »
A Newr Orleans man kicked
another to death for dunning him
tor a bill.
Gadsden Feltus, of Louisiana, is
thought to have been wounded by
his brother.
Five buildings of the colored Nor
mal school at Raleigh, N. C., have
been burned.
One hundred painters in St. Louis
have struck because a Chinaman
was employed.
The Government refuses to give
Reed $3,000 for conducting the de
fense of Guiteau.
The Governor of Vermont has or
dered the state offices closed on the
tfity of Mr. Stephens' funeral.
CoL Harry Gilmer, a Confederate
cavalry officer, died from a cancer
in Baltimore.
“Haven't I been working on a
patent right every blessed day?" he
asked in reply.
And those dear children you refer
to—whose are they? Didn't I have |
them when we were married?”
“I—I believe vou did." ! _
•And wasn't'the home which I closing exercises of a public schooL
left mine?" John and Alvin Hendrick engaged
"I expect it was." in a desperate fight with four broth-
“And wasn’t the monev I brought *rs named Frank. The two Hen
dricks were stabbed and beaten
with clubs and one of them mortal
ly wounded. One of the Franks
surrendered but the others fled.
Mr. Stephens was once engaged
to Miss Fannie Lovall. of Monticel-
lo, Jasper county, Ga.
Matamoras, Mexico, Marcn 5.
The Apaches at La Pastoria massa
cred all the people except two wo
men.
^JamesGilfillan. Treasurer of the
L nited States, to-day tendered his
resignation, to take effect on the 1st
proximo.
Eighteen Mormon elders are in
Chattanooga on their way to differ
ent points south, where thev
proselyting.
Levi Lewis, the negro who bru
tally murdered a colored girl in
Greenesboro, has been arrested in
Augusta.
The steamer Yazoo was sunk on
the Mississippi, and three passen
gers and thirteen of her crew were
drowned.
There is an unprecedented ^de-
mand tor milch cows, and common
country stock brings from $20 to
$3°.
A Philadelphia clergy man has
been arrested for stealing a reli
gious book from a store. He con
fesses his guilt.
About two weeks ago a voung
On Tuesday evening the citizens
*f DinieliviUtiwere thrown into
great mritumrihl over.the report
that a terrible murder hsthwn tcni-
mitted about a half mile from the
town. The facts, as far as V*e can
get, under the present excitement,
are that a German named Buler,
started out of town under the influ
ence of whisky, and saw some small
boys; three or four- in number, r.nd
took after them to scare them.' The
negroes ran into a house, and the
oldest one, a lad about 16 years old,
got an old gun and fired at Buler
the shot taking effect just below the
heart. The boy that did the shoot
ing is named Sam Hill. After fir
ing the fatal shot he left, and was
not captured until Wednesday-
morning. A large posse of citizens
were out all night, hunting Hill.
The three other negroes are very
small boys and are now in jail.
There was no coroner's inquest held,
as Judge Pottle decided that it was
not necessary. We learn that the
little negroes claim that Buler shot
himself, but this is not believed.
The case will probably be tried at
this term of the court." Buler had
been ir the county about two vears,
and was working at Mr. Jeff Scott's
place. Buler had a wife and sever
al small children.
THE USE OF SNUFF.
As Eril that Hal Aaiamid Otcaatlc tXcensoas.
Do you sell much snuff?" we
asked of a prominent merchant yes
terday. pointing to a large pile" of
empty jars that he was shipping off.
'“I would sneeze to gurgle,” was
the reply. "We sell from twenty to
fifty gallons a week."
"Who are your principal purcha
sers?"
“Well, our main trade comes from
the country, but we do a fair retail
business in the city. Very few men
use it. but the ladies make up for
them. In certain parts of North
east Georgia, and some sections
not far distant from Athens, either,
the girls carry it around like men
go do tobacco and pass it to their
friends. A half a dozen of them
will get together, with stick brushes,
and have a high old time dipping.
In the country they don't care
much who knows they use it, and
every day you will see some rosv-
cheeked rustic beauty come into
the store and invest in her pound o f
snuff with the greatest indifference.
But the town girls are more slv
about it."
"What! You don't mean to tell
us that there are young ladies in
Athens addicted to this filth v habit?"
ye reporter asked in amazement.
“Certainly I do. and if vou knew
their-names it would be a still
greater surprise. I know of one
acknowledged belle who can use it
up faster than any one I ever saw.
| lady and gentleman in Atlanta went j She is very sly about busing, ami
always orders through a servant;
but vve never fail to catch up with
ago he threw up a snake twelve ■ 0 ut to an oyster supper and have not
inches long. | been heard from since.
Near Lexington. N. C., after the
St. Petersburg. March 3.—An
other plot to assassinate the Czar
has been discovered. The conspira
tors have been arrested. Much ex
citement prevails.
The Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States has decided that individ
uals cannot sue a state hv nominally
h> character were even more trans- rapidly and there is not the slightest, sume within a day or two.
hope of his rallying.”
• “Do vou think that the end
"I do not think he can live more : family?” US *f- C< u ° n "i *? m P roduct j spring. Hanner, let's make up." j about 23. and his grandfather's sec
than an hour. Indeed vve have just “I presume I shall ask Mrs. John I and 11 ha>a splendid reputation. ^ •• I won't!" ond wife, aged about forty-five,
had a consultation to ascertain j T. Ransom, ot Griffin, and her: In reference to horse pow er nec- -Hanner. the sight of vou has were uited in wedlock, and are now
whether or not the beat of his pulse 1 daughter. Miss Leo la, to pieside essary to run it. I have one running aroused a n m y i. jVe ;“ living as happily as two of more
is perceptible. Mr. Stephens' mind I over the mansion. My family will nu ' v ? a orsc , en ^ me ’ "Keep right awav or I ll upset 1 suitable Ages.
isall wrong and has been ever since | consist of myself alone. I am not | ^cb1 runs,n addition at the same .•• - i Two y scoundrels in Cincin-
I saw him. He is adrift at this mo-! determined yet whether I shall oc- tune, one fifty. one forty saw gin1. j -Hanner!" nati to ^ k tv ^ 0 young girls from a
ment like a lot of wood on the ocean. \ cup v the mansion." aU these kin"™* ffiThM er oin D i She reachcd out and ^ ed his ball and conducting them to a hotel
perfectly helpless. 1 ^Tbe rush has been so great all day ! foliar and gave him a spin which ef r ected their ruin" They were ar
What was the cause of death?" j that it_L impossible to say who have and crushers. They can be arrang- ; , anJ d hi - tel - h le< rested and bro ueh t before Judee
- — -- ed to run bv a man and a bov. as- , ... ® , . „ . r . r .. \l. , , , J®,
and with a good-day bow to the Higby. who found that the laws of
i officer walked off. Ohio had no penaltv for the offense
"You'd better drop that and hunt and be advised the mothers to send
for a job with a snow-shovel." sug- tbe fathers or the brothers of the
parent. His cars were always
• pen to the cry of distress,
and no one has ever left
hi- hospitable home with their
wants unsupplied. His charity was
unbounded; his life a beautiful ex
emplification of the teachings of
Hob Writ. He lived for his coun
try and his people, and while he
might have emassed millions, died a
p-xir man. His charity, too, was
bestowed in the most unostentatious
manner. Truly, his right hand never
knew w hat his left hand did. But
there are to-day hundreds of hum
ble homes in Georgia, and yoang
iiieu'with a bright future, who feel
that they owe their all to Mr.
irtephens' beneficence.
Not only ha> Georgia, but this
great nation, experienced a loss that
i> irreparable. We may have our
state-men. our patriots, our orators
and our soldiers, but never.again
will we look upon the like of the
Great Commoner. He possessed
those opposite characteristics which
until his dav were unknown. With
ar. oratory ot the highest order, he j bra ; n j n any event it is the con- Cairo. Feb. 10, 1SS3.—The situ-
e mbined *be love and confidence j stantand excessive use of his mind ation in the country is getting from
of his people; with a statesmanship ‘ that has produced his death. For bad to worse. Egypt is after all
Her annual rev-
anv one. | , , . r • . . • •' ...
*pi * 1 » » i worked *i trcinor into ms \ oicc« 1 , u« luicuiMniMgv inawviw vw>m»o .
, THE LADY of THE MANSION. Ibe caKc !S worth *27 to P* r j ham t got no legal hold on ve. but to the News from Calloway countv. 1
| "" ha * lady will preside over the i tun - 1 knu " a prominent fertilizer ( muralh vou are bound tu g ' u baek I j t is that the comity named,
executive mansion, and who will be manufacturer who now regularl* homc ' v ; lth me anJ hold on td l recently, a Mr. Stubblefield, aged
Paducah News: A singular case I transferring their claims'to the state
worked a tremor into his voice. “I of intermarriage of relations comes ! °* which they are citizens.
The new capitol of Texas is to
I should say beyond doubt, that j been President Boynton's confiden-
it was overwork. He died from j tial triends. He seems to have
overtasking the mental organs. * treated everybody alike.
You understand that if vou use anv his policy as governor.
organ of the bodv excessively it j In response to the question as to
wears out. He has been able to do i what would be his course, he said,
but little physical work, and his "I intend to administer the full
whole energies have been poured course ot the law. Everybody must
into his mental organ. The mental come up to the standard, aid I shall
ganglia, or grav substance of the see that the honor and reputation
brain—that part of the brain in | of Georgia shall not suffer at my
which the mind exists—the outer hands. •
surface of the brain. The continued I am informed that Col. T. R.
and excessive use of this organ has MiUs and Col. Dismuke have been
induced a nervous exhaustion under invited to remain with President
which it has failed entirely and left 1 Bovnton until he is inaugurated
suming the owner has an engineer.
I have endeavored to answer,
brief, the question your correspon- ■
dent asks, and the information, in
connection with what I will give ;
regarding the cost, about covers the .
whole thing. A two ton mill will
cost ♦i.Soo. on board cars at factory,
and a four ton mill #2.300.
THERE IS NO MISTAKE
about making cotton seed oil; it is
very easily learned, and I stand
ready to back my assertion with
substance that with the above mill
as much oil can be gotten from a
;ested the guardian as the man stood
looking after the retreating figure.
"I'll have to. but its tuff—tuff—
tufl'." was the reply, as the man
straightened up. “I tell ye. my
friend, when a husband has been fed
and clothed for ten months right
girls out with pistols, to take the law
into their own hands, and avenge
the wrong.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
coat $3,000,000. Poor Chicago con
tractors will build it and take their
pay in 3,000,000 acres of state lands,
which they propose to devote to
cattle raising.
New Yore, March 5.—At the
Brooklyn Tabernacle latt night Dr.
Taloiadge paid a warm tribute of af
fection to the late Alexander H.
Stephens, who was for many years
a personal friend.
Preparations are being made for a
military convention of the colored
people of the United States, to be
held in Atlanta, commencing on the
29th of May next, and to last for
tea day.
Sam Jones, colored, of Somerset
county, Md_, died of small-pox.
Then six of William Jones' family
took it. Three corpses were found
...... - A man and his wife are delivering .. , , . - ,
-truigh: along without a kick, it's an temperance lectures through Geor- j l ° wretched hut, above which
awiul thing to suddenly turn him ,.; a the buzzards had gathered,
loose in the middle of a hard winter
without even a certificate of char-
him without the power to'rallv. It these gentlemen being among his .ton ot seed and gotten as quickly
. . * • *_• • as with lnrorp mills an*! fh*» nrn
acter to help him pull through."
uiav be that excessive study has pro- best friends,
duced a rush of blood to the brain
that resulted in cappillarv engage i lilt. KL IN Ut tbl I I.
ment, or it may be that it has
as with the large mills, and the pro- |
portion of machinery considered.
gia.
A negro man rescued a little
white girl from drowning in Au-
gusta.
Bishop Beckwith has been order-
OmsMn Wkteh Tkmtaa th* Couor Uadar
1* ith -carcclv a parallel, he added a j example he has been unable to sleep only a large farm.
I . .., , since I came, and consequently un-1 enue of $45,000.000—of which $22..
P . JF” ,, ; able to give the brain that rest that 500,000 goes directly into the pock-
uiild sand a love tor his fellow -men, j was imperatively needed." ets of the "bloated bondholder"—is
it matters not what be his condition 1 -Has Mr. Stephens had no lucid j derived almost exclusively from the an ^ -bo ••$0
or nativity; and with a patriot- intervals since vou arrived?” crops of cotton, Indian corn, wheat, - e > ca p get a u.»9
i-m that knew no party or section “N** « c 'P l to-day. I deter- sugar and barley. The agricultur- 3nd meal of bale
, . , j- • mined to see if I could not bring him alists are now getting frightened a Jle '
* hcn n « ht and J U! ! t,ce w f* ,n ^ ue *' tofix his mind on something. 1 ap- about the cotton and sugu? crops,
tion. he linked wisdom, justice and pf^xicbcd his bedside, sharply caught Land which twelve years ajjo
moderation. A grateful people may him, and arresting his eye. said de- yielded per acre ten cantars of cot- a Tm of nfty Dalian ckartsd ror tu Os» tbs
The negroes and some white
folks about Madison believe that
witches ride horses at night.
c!ccr a monument to the memory of
thi* Great Commoner that will tow
er into the clouds; but it will be but
mockery compared with the name
he leaves behind him. Like that
o: the immortal Washington, it will
live when the most enduring works
of men have crumbled to the dust.
There is inscribed upon the hearts
of every American. “He was one
man without guile?”
The closing hours of Congress
pre-ented the usual pandemonium.
Georgia’s new governor was born
in Henry countv and is fifty vears
old. ' ' ’
We advise "Rough and Ready,"
of the Hartwell Sun. to start a carp-
pond. He needs braia food.
cisivelv: ‘Mr. Stephens, who am ton (the cantar equals ninety-eight
I?’ He looked up, his bright eyes I pounds) now only produces two or
flickered for a moment then stead- three cantars. Chemical investiga-1 *V‘. ■’
ied themselves on me, and he said: tion has now asroved that this start- ou "
•Why doctor, how are you? Is Mrs. ling falling on is due to the fact 'hat
Steiner with you?' and pressed my cotton takes more out of the soil
hand just as he used to do. He then than is put into it by the yearly de-
seemed to be.tiying to concentrate posit left by the Nile inundation,
his thmighWftar a moment. End evi- : Previous to Mehomct Ali no such
dently intended to ask my wife and exhausting crops as cotton and su
Escapiac 4 tUasirtf.
The following is from “A Miner's ed by his physicians to desist from
the product of the mill will be just Yarn" in the Minneapolis Tribune: excessive preaching,
as much as the large ones. I was in Cheyenne after Jim had q’ be sesqui-centennial committee
It is only a question of a very ! got rich and persuaded him to give p a ; d Paul H. Hayne, the poet, five
short time when there will be these me that dog of his’n. Bose. 1 was hundred dollars for the ode.
small mills all over the country and out huntin' one day near Laramie,
they will get the neighborhood when one of them harricanes come
seed, and then where will the large up and I didn't know what to do.
#50.000 to #100.000 mills be? Men It was perrairie all around. I could
now spend #1.600 or more for an en-' >ee the storm acomin’, hut two • , , „ , ,
gine. gin. press, etc., and get #2 a miles off. If I run it would ketch reported to have attacked
bale. Bv investing #2.000 more j me. If I staid thar it was death.
bale—that So I jes took and shoved ole Bose’s A rattlesnake was killed near j
is, get that much for the seed, oil nose agin a bank and yelled “rats.”*., Jessup that would measure eight
j You orter have seen that dog teet and had sixteen rattles.
— — ! scratch. He throwed dirt behind Ben Jones, an aged negro, was
A MAD STONE. I him like a breaking plow drawed found dead in the public road about
bv twenty yoke of oxen. I held on , a mile from Madison. He died of
to his tail and he scratched. We cold.
A. O. Bacon has already entered
the race for Governor and talks free-
lv to every one of his candidacy.
The triends of Judge T. J. Sim
mons, Representative Blount and
Attorney General Anderson are
also on the qui vive.
On the 10th day of January. 1SS3.
Wiley F. Wadsworth and "Marion
E. Wadsworth, two citizens from
Gonzales county. Texas, left their
homes for Sunny Side, Ga.. but up
. , .. , . . | the present thev have not reached
A panther near Hawkmsvdle is ^ destination neither has any .
ported to have attacked a man ! tfai bceQ hcard of them
and torn a child to pieces. |
Ottawa, March 4.—Wiggins
such customers. There is no confi
dence to be placed in a darkev. and
you know clerks are naturally in
quisitive. In fact. I know a voung
man in the city who has a list of all
the snufl’ dippers, that he occasion
ally shows to his friends."
"But this habit is not general with
our ladies?" we asked.
"Allah be praised! No! It is
just an occasional one, but they are
from among the creme de la creme
of our society. You can tell the
older cases by their sallow complex
ion and stained teeth, but the more
youthful converts give no sign.”
“How is it that they acquire this
habit?" vve asked.
"Well, it is generally while on a
visit to some country friend. They
first start through mere curio-ity,
but liking the experiment keep it
up until the habit is fixed on them.
Even their female friends in the city
don’t know of it. for it is practiced
always on the sly. But now don't
imagine that all of our young ladies
are addicted to snuff dipping, for it
is only isolated cases. In tact, you
will find them in any town or city
vou visit."
MARRIED A BURGLAR.
OmnAii Hern \L
On June 6, 1876, Miss Annie L.
Manning, the daughter of a Detroit
merchant, while returning from her
music teacher, met a young man on
the street and began a flirtation.
He approached her and spoke, say-,
ing that his name was William
Savage, and that he resided in St.
Louis where his family occupied a
prominent social position. Mr.
Savage walked with Miss Manning
to her homc and before leaving
made an appointment to meet her
the next day. In the meantime he
discovered that the family was
wealthy and when the young girl
met him again he proposed mar
riage and said he would take her
c*artu. hadn't got in the ground more n . 0 tidings have been received
Mr. Wylie Truitt, of this county, two hundred feet when the storm | f rom Peter houston, the missing in
L neice. Miss Williams down j struck us. But Bose kept scratch- j s pector of the Savannah custom
mv self to come to the mansion, or gar were grown in Egvpt Conse- ' .
:fo" hi>- home la Crtwfordsville. I, quently The cotton and sugar have j l e 1
cooM not understand definitely ' for the past forty years been annu-! . , P. 1
which. . Indeed before be had ut-. ally drawing upon the deposit
tered his thought he was off again, the Nile that had for centuries been
and 1 did not attempt to arouse gradually accumulating. This re
turn.” • ; serve fund of phosphates and nitre
MR. stefhens* LAST words. required by cotton is now coming
It is uncertain yet what were the ; to an end. Hence the astounding
last words uttered by tbe great j decrease in the production per acre,
statesman before his death. It seems "T.—~—
to be agreed that his last clearly ; New Haven. March 2 — Ar-
conscious conversation was ^'t® | rangements have been perfected
whereby Dr. Carver, the celebrated
marksman of New Haven, and
I to Columbia county last week
test the virtues of a madstone, own
ed bv a lady living in that county.
Mr. Truitt savs that as soon as ap
plied to the wound the stone stuck
so closely that it could not be shaken
off. After remaining an hour or
lost its adhesiveness,
pu tin warm milk '•
“j- j extract the poison, and applied to
the wound again. This process
was repeated several times in suc
cession. Mr. Truitt left his neice to
I let him go on for a mile or
so. but I told him to let up. which
he did. the surprisede-t dog you
ever seed, because he hadn't caught
up with the rat. I got back to the
top of ground, went to Laramie and
started the story that I had found a
cave. I made $100,000 by showin’
tourists that cave, but lost it all in
speculatin’ in mines.
A Bttte at Exattac Dan-
La-t Wednesday Gen. Longstreet,
The session of congress just ad
journed. we beJi<tta» jfcBa sounded
the death-knell of the radical party.
We believe we will elect our Presi
dent in 1884.
From the appearance of the Sun,
we should judge Griffin, Ga., to con-
tain 1 blacksmith a shoemaker
and six reformed druhVard*. Only
this and nothing
We would be glad to see the gen
uin « fanners of Gcorgig/ organize
dubs in every militia diqtjict. and
then let then go to Atlanta next
7«ar and drive all office-seekers and
interlopers from their convention
conversation was with r ,„
Dr. Steiner. Mr. Seidell says that | n.
yesterday afternoon he recognized
Mr. John Stephens, his nephew.
Mr. Stephens asked the governor if
he knew him, and he replied: es,
its John.” Dr. Raines says farther
that after this occurrence he was
attending to some of his Wants, and
ihoving him in his bed, when he
said:
“Doctor, you hurt me.
Dr. Raines says that those were
the last worlds he ever uttered. This
was purely an accidental exclama
tion. . .
After fingering almost through
tbe night. Governor Stephens ex
pired at half-past three this morn
ing.
THI INTERECXUM AMO THE *UC-
CESSMN.
At this writing for tbe first time
tm many yean Georgia is aritboat
remain there a week or two. until Capt. Evan P. Howell and Mr.
the stone wpuld cease to adhere to I Barr, the Utter of Philadelphia,
her hand. He savs it will not ad- j were riding over the battle tields
here to a wound that has no poison ' near Chattanooga. Gen. Long-
street was remarkably familiar with
every spot over which the Confed
erate army had passed, considering
the many changes that time and
progress have wrought, and when
the. party arrived at a certain point
in it.
He describes the stone as sUte-
colored. about an inch long and or
dinary looking. The fee charged
. for the use of it is fifty dollars.
Buflalo Bill will shortlv start out in I Miss \V illiams feels very grateful to ...
the show business, appearing in a | the good people of this place who : on Mission ridge he alighted nimb-
border drama with real Indians and contributed toward payjng part of ’ r 1 * J, “ '" A ' * ’
all the adjuncts.
During the past forty years over
scTenty-tive steamers " have been
lost upon the Atlantic, of which
seven mysteriously disappeared and
have never been heard of since.
Little Rock, Ark., March 2.—
In Union county yesterday, Wil
liam Wilson, who was approaching
Marshall Parnell's residence for the
purpose of eloping with Parnell's
daughter, was discovered by Par
nell and Ins sons and shot dead by
them. The Parnells have been ar
rested.
Senator Tabor, of Colorado: His
maiden speech. “Mr. President. I
am paired with the gentleman from
Hampton, the South Carolina." It
is clear. that money alone will not
make an orator.
At Canton. Ohio, the body of a
man who had been missing for two
months was found in the reservoir
which supplies the inhabitants with
drinking water.
In Siberia the price of a wife is
eight dogs.
A poultice of earth-worms is said
to be a certain cure for poison.
adheres to his predictions of the j to St. Lo ris anil introduce her to
storm of March 9-11, and says it | his family. Miss Manning consent-
will be greatest storm that ever oc- ed and they were married. The
curred upon the earth, or that can I next day her parents heard of it.
possibly occur; am positive a tidal and three days after Mr. Savage
ly from his saddle, left his horse and
quickly, but without speaking,
walked to a certain tree and prized
from under the bark a knife blade
which he had stuck there twenty
yean ago. Then turning to Ids
companions said:
“Somehow I feel solemnly en
thused. Here is a relic of exciting
days. I placed that blade here just
about twenty years ago. I remem
bered the spot as well as if it had
only been yesterday, and the tree is
as familiar as the face of an old
comrade. 1
One ball fro,,, a p^ co l fired in Par
is, Texas, killed a merchant and a
bostblack, besides wounding a trav
cling drummer.
house.
The prosperity of this country
doesn’t seriously demand any in
crease in the number of its negro
politicians.
In • attempting to drag his gun
over a fence Charles F. Smith, of
Bonsecour, was shot in the arm and
bled to death.
It is said that the Baltimore drum
mer who tell from a third story
window in the Atlanta National ho
tel will recover.
The colored boys in Lee connty
are fishing for cranes. The cranes
flock to a pond, and the boys catch
them bv baiting hooks with live
fish.
Conyebs, March 2.—Mr. John
Morgan, of this place, hu* a bale of
cotton that is between twenty-five
and thirty yean old, having lain in
his lot since before the war. He
is now having it repacked to sell.
Some two weeks ago some per
son threw a lamp of poisoned dough
in Able A- Wright’s fish pond, near
Griffin, causing the death of no less
than five hundred fine cup. After
long and tedious labor Mr. Wright
succeeded in gettingoat the dongh.
Tne way they buy cotton at
Washington, Ga, is novel. The
former drives his wagon, or wagons,
with the cotton, at a certain place
on the square. It b sampled and
pat np at auction; then tne buyers
bid. When it gets up an high as
the bay era think it b worth, it. b
wave will occur in the Bay of Ben-
S il on the coast of Australia, and
ulf of Mexico.
Near Charlotte, N. C., while
Henry John was engaged felling
trees, his wife brought his dinner,
and the man and wife with their
little child sat down to eat. A tree
standing near was suddcxlv blown
over by a strong and sudden gust
of wind, and in falling struck all
three, killing the child and danger-
ously wounding the man and wo-
man.
Wilkesboro, N. C-, March 4.—
John Adams and his son Richard,
while drunk, quarreled and the son
seized a rifle and shot and killed his
father. John Adams is widely
known as a supposed in the murder
of Miss Thompson two years ago.
He was shunnra by every one, and
is thought to have been guilty of the
crime, though it could never be
proven.
Bridgeport. Conn., March 5.—
The elephants in Barnum’s winter
quarters nearly aO broke loose and
bada general fight to-day. A large
mastiff, recently purchased as a
companion for Jumbo, was intro
take it back home.
duced to the mammoth. A wooly
dog of inferior size was dis
placed by the new comer. Jumbo
was grcaov attached to the wooly
dogaad wbea the mastifi waa intro
duced ha caught it around the body
with Ins trunk and threw him across
the building. The dog struck the
elephant Pilot, and was instantly
killed. Pilot became enraged, and
began charging the other elephants.
There aras a great trumpeting for
awhile, and a general elephant war
was jailed on a charge of burglary,
and the girl discovered that her
husband was one of the most noto
rious burglars of the west. After
more than six years of misery Mrs.
Savage yesterday secured a divorce
in that city.
TXa Bniarsuk Wbala*.
Brunswick Advertiser and Ap
peal: The whaling schooner Lottie
E. Cook. Captain Bieira. is in port
this week drying up the blubber of
two whales, mother and calf, cap
tured just outside our harbor. The
calf, after being harpooned, got
away, but died and drifted inland
and was found and towed up to
quarantine ground by the pilot boat
Fannie Lou. The whaler mean
while had been notified and came
in and took charge. The large
whale was about eighty feet long
and the calf thirtv. the latter said to
be oniv six months old. The larger
one will yield about $3-"oo in oil and
whalebone.and the calf about $1,000.
sold, if the owner is utubd. If] seemed Imminent. Finally slip-
not, he cut ship it to A^ph or] woiirwws go shoot Pilot, and he
I scented.
— - '-a
n* Governor to Set Mamed.
I have just heard a rumor which,
if true, adds a bit of interest to Gov
ernor Boynton’s present position. It
is said that he is shortly to lead to
the altar one of the most brilliant
Women in Georgia, and one who
will preside over the executive man
sion with all the grace necessary to
so distinguished a position.
Mr. Thomas Bailey walked out
in the edge of town Sunday even
ing and discovered two men dig
ging away in tbe side of a hill, after
a pot of gold supposed to have been,
-buried there long ago, by a wealthy
gentleman who died some years
ago. Mr. Briley passed bh, with
out ascertaining whether they Were
successful or not in their search.
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